| abstract |
The present invention relates to an improved process for producing cephalosporin derivatives of formula (I), the 3-position of which being substituted by acetoxymethyl or tetrazolylthiomethyl and the 7-acyl group of which being substituted by D-mandelic acid derivatives, which comprises simultaneously reacting the compound of formula (III) with the compound of formula (IV) in the presence of a compound of formula (II) and anamine in high yield, ##STR1## wherein, R 1 is hydrogen or ##STR2## R 2 is methyl, ethyl, propyl or phenyl, X is ##STR3## |